The Hartford Business Journal has named four UConn Law alumni to its 2024 40 Under 40 list. They are Allison P. Dearington ’12, a principal at Jackson Lewis P.C.; Jonathan E. Harding ’11, corporation counsel for the City of Hartford; Erick Russell ’12, treasurer for the State of Connecticut; and Taylor Shea ’10, a partner at Robinson & Cole LLP.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated eight UConn Law alumni to serve as judges of the Superior Court. They are Nicole Anker ’98, the legal director for the Connecticut Department of Correction; Kristin A. Connors ’92, a named partner at Stockman O’Connor Connors PLLC; Cody N. Guarnieri ’12, a senior partner and trial attorney at the law firm of Brown, Paindiris and Scott, LLP; Christine Jean-Louis ’08, the general counsel for the Office of Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz; Sara Nadim ’10, an assistant attorney general in the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office; Pedro E. Segarra ’85, an administrative law judge at the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission; Nicole J. Tung ’94, a partner at Halloran Sage; and Matthew T. Wax-Krell ’05, a partner at Rogin Nassau LLC. 

Connecticut’s prison oversight committee is recommending the appointment of Ken Krayeske ’10 to serve as the independent authority who would help oversee the Department of Correction. Krayeske is a civil rights attorney based out of New Haven. 

Gwaina Wauldon ’10 has joined Carlton Fields as senior counsel in the firm’s labor and employment and education practices in Hartford. Wauldon, an expert in Title IX and compliance with anti-discrimination and anti-harassment laws, previously worked for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System.